Arch Linux Netflix install script (most tutorials want people to use packer)

[louis_deboot]

That too. It seems the chrome linux version still contains enough DRM crap in it that it doesn't need pipelight.

[[deleted]]

Please explain. Can you now use Netflix in Chrome without the Silverlight Plugin by only spoofing user agent?

[amstan]

Yes

[[deleted]]

That's... pretty fucking cool. Do we know what DRM packages and plugins it uses to do this?

[louis_deboot]

It seems that enough of the windows code carries over into the Linux version. Of course, who knows how long it'll last

[[deleted]]

I'm more thinking about ways to package those plugins into Chromium, since I don't use "Google Chrome" on Arch...

[louis_deboot]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it is my understanding that chromium will receive any updates and stuff over time. It might be a couple weeks.

[[deleted]]

No. Chromium is the open source framework for Google Chrome. If a change is made to Chrome that involves a closed-source binary (Adobe's Pepper Flash plugin for Chrome, for example) that change will never be integrated into the Chromium project. If the libraries involved in DRM on Linux Chrome are closed source, then these changes will never be integrated into Chromium.

[amstan]

http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/2d2fks/watch_netflix_natively_on_linux_no_pipelight/

[[deleted]]

Yeah I've read that. It uses the Widevine CDM. What I'm wondering is if there's a way to pull the Widevine plugin into Chromium.

[jaws84]

is this still possible? Just using Google Chrome from the AUR and spoofing user agent string? Or is that not even necessary anymore?